Kathy Hochul denies reports she was asked to leave officer’s wake

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D‑NY) went on the record Sat­ur­day to deny reports that she was not wel­come at the wake of fall­en New York Police Offi­cer Jonathan Diller.
Hochul addressed the mat­ter at an East­er event at the governor’s man­sion. She con­firmed that she left Friday’s recep­tion with­in 10 min­utes after greet­ing the fam­i­ly and say­ing a prayer over the cas­ket. As she walked back to her car, Hochul was con­front­ed by a man who was speak­ing to her while ges­tur­ing with emo­tion.
“We always ask: ‘Would the fam­i­lies like us there?’ If the fam­i­lies say, ‘No, this is the time for our per­son­al fam­i­ly griev­ing, we don’t want a politi­cian there,’ we don’t go,” Hochul said. “In this case, we asked. We were told the fam­i­ly is wel­com­ing. We always check, and they said to come, and I went. And no one told me to leave.”
Diller, 31, was shot and killed Mon­day while per­form­ing a …